But the men that had gone with him said, “We can’t fight those people! They are much stronger than we are.”
Joshua 14:8 - Easy To Read Version The other men that went with me told the people things that made them afraid. But I truly believed that the Lord would allow us to take that land. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But my brethren who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God. American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God. Common English Bible My companions who had gone up with me made the people’s heart melt. But I remained loyal to the LORD my God. Catholic Public Domain Version But my brothers, who had ascended with me, broke the heart of the people. And I nevertheless followed the Lord my God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But my brethren, that had gone up with me, discouraged the heart of the people: and I nevertheless followed the Lord my God. |
But the men that had gone with him said, “We can’t fight those people! They are much stronger than we are.”
But my servant Caleb was different. He follows me completely. So I will bring him into the land that he has already seen. And his people will get that land.
Only Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun truly followed the Lord!’
Where can we go now? Our brothers (the twelve spies) have made us afraid with their report. They said: The people there are bigger and taller than we are! The cities are big and have walls as high as the sky! And we saw giants [6] there!’
Only Caleb son of Jephunneh will see that land. I will give Caleb the land he walked on. And I will give that land to Caleb’s descendants. [8] Why? Because Caleb did all that I commanded.’
And that city still belongs to the family of Caleb son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite. That land still belongs to his people because he trusted and obeyed the Lord, God of Israel.
These 144,000 people are the ones who did not do wrong things with women. They kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb every place he goes. These 144,000 were redeemed (saved) from among the people of the earth. They are the first people to be offered to God and the Lamb.